What's up everybody! Just a quick message. We will be relaunching AllHipHop.com with the goal of keeping the community front and center. I have worked with Jamal and select moderators, to make sure The Illl Community's needs are being addressed as we evolve. We are encouraging you to use the new platform.

We will NOT be closing the current community, but we will be porting user data over to the new system over time, so please get used to using the new community!

We will be working on it every single day until it's exactly what you want!

The goal of the game is to make the best label possible, I auction artist and players will bid on them. Each participant will start with a budget of $300 million for their label, spend your money wisely. Players must come up with a name before starting. Players must have 1 album release from any of their artist and 1 group album. Track listings as well as album covers must be made for album releases. Players MUST use original song titles in tracklist and original album titles. You don't have to be a expert in Photoshop to make dope covers, just let your creativity shine. Labels will be evaluated on the following criteria: future sales, future critical acclaim, longevity, album covers/tracklist, and cohesion.
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Players can now give ONE artist on their roster a label. Only tier 1 & 2 artist can have their own label. Once you give a artist a label, you will have to come up with a original name for the label. You will now be doing business from the artist point of view. Artist can be signed to your main label or artist label.

Power Rankings: Top ten labels will be ranked, rankings will be updated based on work labels put in. Labels that are ranked will get rewards. Points system will be a factor.

PM Mystery Bidding: During Pm bidding, labels will not know how much/what is being offered and the best offer will win.
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Auctions
Times will be set for auctions so the players don't miss out. I'll post a artist, and for the next five minutes or so...players post their bids. When the auction is over, players may get up to 5 artist (that were left over from the auction) for free.(Points will not be given to players though)

2 round draft: (Points will determine order in draft)
Round 1 (High to low): WHEN AUCTIONS ARE DONE AND THERE ARE STILL ARTISTS LEFT OVER THAT YOU WANT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PICK 5 OF THEM UP FOR FREE.

Round 2 (low to high). Players can use their remaining money to pick up artist for 10 mill each.
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TIERS
Artists will be categorized into 4 tiers based on their status in the music industry.
For example:
Jay Z, Drake, Nas, = Tier 1 (Tier 1 artist usually go for 150 M)
J. Cole, Wale, A$AP Rocky = Tier 2 (Tier 2 artist usually go for 70 M)
Chance the Rapper, ASAP Ferg, = Tier 3
Cyhi the Prince, Mike G = Tier 4
*Tiers will NOT be auctioned in order
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VOTING
There will be a best of 3 community vote as well, winner of that vote will get 1 vote as a head start. Posters must give a brief explanation on why they chose a individual's label. Tournament matches will be best of 5, Judges must give reasons why they chose a individual's label.
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RULES
Bids must be at least $1 million higher than the previous bid. No retracting bids. If you don't participate for an extended period, your label will be auctioned off. During bidding, you can get a refund for an artist you want for 50% money back. You may do this 3 times. No overbidding, for ex. No bidding 100 Mill on a artist straight from the jump. Building your way up to 100 Mill is fine but bidding that high from the start is unacceptable. If overbidding occurs I will shut down the game and continue at another time.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________Points system:
Points will help set up seeds for who will go against who once the auction is over. Points will also help you buy features from other labels. Spend your points wisely.

Players will get:
100 points for picking up a tier 1 artist.
75 points for picking up a tier 2 artist.
50 points for picking up a producer.
25 points for picking up a tier 3 artist.
10 points for picking up a tier 4 artist

If you want to buy a feature or a beat (production credit) from another label's artist/producer
Feature from a tier 1 artist - 50 points per feature
Feature from a tier 2 artist - 35 points per feature
Feature from a tier 3 artist - 10 points per feature
Feature from a tier 4 artist - 5 points per feature

Beat from a producer on another label - 25 points per beats
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Mystery Artist: Every now an then, I will post up a question mark instead of a picture of artist. Players will have to decide if they want to place bids.
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Them hoes they do it for Sosa
Tadoe off the Molly waterSo nigga be cool like water
Fore you get hit with this lava
Bitch I'm the trending topicDon't care no price I'll cop it b
And yo bitch steady jockin' me

This is the folly of the internet. Its become a bastion of misinformation, rumors, conspiracies and propaganda. A place where a person with no face or name can make accusations at any time with no verification or credentials and brainwash a small segment of people.

We need a 500mill budget people went crazy when Kanye and Jay where up for bid

But it depends too on how many people sign up. If 16 people sign up then 300 mil is more than enough to pick up a tier 1 and tier 2 artist and then finish up the rest on the 5 man pick up draft. There's really only 2 artists I want & the rest I can pick up in the draft cuz I know no one will want them so I'm cool LOLOL.

In the last game niggas was droppin like 100 mil for Timbaland & 200 mil for Cole and Kanye and nobody really even used Timbo, J.Cole or Kanye like that. That's partly how I was able to put together deals and get the label I wanted cuz niggas was bidding just to bid and bid themselves broke and with artists they didn't even want *shrugs*

Wait till yall see the shit I put together in this tournament woooooooohhhh I hope I get my 2 artists !!!

This is the folly of the internet. Its become a bastion of misinformation, rumors, conspiracies and propaganda. A place where a person with no face or name can make accusations at any time with no verification or credentials and brainwash a small segment of people.

And niggas didn't even use Jay-Z either LOLOL which surprised me but when you peep how many points it costs to use him I don't blame folks LOLOL. I think the key to winning is how well (or durable) your label is to where you can squeeze out as much out of it as possible while trying to be as cohesive as possible.

This is the folly of the internet. Its become a bastion of misinformation, rumors, conspiracies and propaganda. A place where a person with no face or name can make accusations at any time with no verification or credentials and brainwash a small segment of people.

I'm down. hope to make this game as exciting as the last game. something needs to be done about players dropping out because those that did were just trading there players away for nothing cuz they didn't want to play no more.